The first biography appeared in France in 1985, five years after his death.
Richard Cornish's biography appears in many library around the world.
Thus it was not until 1900, almost 300 years after Hariot's death that the first serious biography appeared.
Brief biographies of another 200 women appear in an appendix.
Many biographies of both of these individuals appeared in the 20th century.
It is a century now since Whitman died, and several fine biographies have appeared.
A new biography - the fifth since his death - has just appeared in Britain.
Under this double aspect his biography appears in a special light.
Several full-length biographies have appeared over the last five years.
Now, 14 years after their first meeting, the biography has finally appeared.